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13 Training The Team (Workshop) Opening Prayer Appreciation Outline process Review support materials and their use Reporting system Role play visiting techniques Share tips on good practice Commission team members (or at service) Questions & answers Assign households to teams/visitors

14 Visiting Sequence Principle: Give before you ask Rector and lay chair visit each other Lay chair visits committee members Committee members visit team leaders Team leaders visit their team members Alternative: above commit at workshop Visitors visit their assigned households

17 Visiting Day Special commissioning service Emphasis on commitment to mission Light lunch for visitors Last minutes instructions Visiting all afternoon & evening minutes maximum per visit Follow with missed visits over the week Reporting progress to team leader

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